Movie
The Babadook
Overview
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-05-22
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Screen Australia, Smoking Gun Productions, Causeway Films, South Australian Film Corporation, Entertainment One
- Country
- Australia, Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Essie Davis as Amelia Vanek
- Noah Wiseman as Samuel Vanek
- Hayley McElhinney as Claire
- Daniel Henshall as Robbie
- Barbara West as Gracie Roach
- Ben Winspear as Oskar Vanek
- Cathy Adamek as Prue
- Craig Behenna as Warren
- Hachi as Bugsy
- Tim Purcell as The Babadook
- Chloe Hurn as Ruby
- Jacquy Phillips as Beverly
Crew
- Jennifer Kent - Director
- Jennifer Kent - Writer
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